Cortisone is a steroid hormone that is released by our adrenal glands in response to stress. Cortisone, along with epinephrine, increases the blood pressure and prepares the body to take action during danger (flight or fight response).
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My 90-year-old mother took cortisone shots which flared rosacea and breastfold fungus. Please help.
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